If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Brilliant and touching

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This is one of the better movies that Cage has been in in recent memory but that's not exactly saying too much if we're looking at his track record. Still, it's an enjoyable thriller full of your standard twists and turns that we are accustomed to seeing from this genre. There's a few other "big" names in this in Pearce & Jones which is nice. Script is okay, directing is okay. This is the type of movie you'd probably flip on halfway through on USA on a lazy Sunday afternoon and watch the last 45 minutes. Nothing special but could be worse.

JUSTICE is a film about doing what is right...which was made in New Orleans for tax purposes. It sees Nic Cage, complete with fright- wig, as one of those liberal teachers who really thinks that Shakespeare will turn around the lives of his violent pupils (pretty much the only black characters in the film). He's happily married to a shop dummy, who gets raped by a criminal. When Guy Pearce, slumming it, turns up and offers him vigilante justice he quickly accepts, using a convoluted method that involves buying a snack (really). Of course the vigilantes want him to do something for them and before he knows it he's being chased by the cops and the vigilantes after being involved in the death of an investigative reporter. Not one moment or character feels remotely believable, let alone the idea that a secret band of vigilantes have infiltrated the entirety of Louisiana. In addition, boring action scenes and absurd detective work ensure that this is one for the bargain bin.

After his wife Laura (January Jones), is brutally attacked and raped, Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) is approached by Simon (Guy Pearce), a man who offers Will a way to get revenge on his wife's attacker. Unable to get the images of his injured wife out of his mind, Will reluctantly accepts Simon's proposal. Unfortunately this set's Will down a path of uncertainty, deception and ultimately a fight for his own life.Seeking Justice is a decent cat-and-mouse action/thriller and is thankfully much better than Stolen, the last Nicolas Cage movie I watched. The action in the movie is pretty good and while the story isn't that original (and does have some holes) it does hold your attention and keeps you watching. There's also some good twists & turns just to keep it that bit more interesting.Nicolas Cage is his usual intense self as Will Gerard, playing the part with a grittiness that we've all come to know and love (or maybe hate), and Guy Pearce is excellent again. Usually soap actors are, well, pretty awful, but Pearce is proof that SOME can actually act and they go on to prove that they can become excellent film actors. You can see that just by what he's done and he's definitely come a long way since his Neighbours days.Like I said, Seeking Justice is a decent action/thriller and I would recommend giving it a watch.

Nicholas Cage plays just your average high school English teacher, whose wife unfortunately gets attacked one night. He, in turn, enlists the help of a shady organisation (managed by the sinister Guy Pearce) who kill the attacker in exchange for a favour from our everyman Nick at a later date.Skip forward a few weeks and these dodgy dealers only want poor old Nick to kill someone else then, when he doesn't, they go and frame him for murder! It's about then that Nick decides that he's had enough of teaching grammar and vowels and fights back. Luckily, marking essays has stood him in good stead to take on not only the evil, twisted gang, but also the police and even the odd turncoat friend.Nick is therefore forced to use everything he's learned from his teacher-training school to run and hide from baddies, fight and even gun them down when necessary, evade capture by the police during high-speed chases, unravel deep conspiracies, investigate deaths and even have time to rescue loved ones.It's a bit like the Bourne films. Nick runs, gets cornered, escapes, repeat. It's nothing new, but it's not as bad as it could have been. Nick Cage gives his usual performance (and there's still plenty of his fans out there to enjoy it) and Guy Pearce makes a decent enough baddie (hardly stretching his proved acting talents though).If you like a bit of action/thriller, this one's about as average as they come, but you might just enjoy it.My English teacher tripped over my school bag when he walked past my desk. He never once foiled a national conspiracy or got caught up in a shoot-out in a disused shopping mall. I guess I went to the wrong school.http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/